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A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and over 52 s. in 1310; 95 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King John's reign the market and probably the rents were put to farm, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of land; he received a tree from the demesne for each year's service. 31 T. F. Dukes, the Shropshire antiquary, was … of the poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on pensions, house repairs, paupers' burials, and the … were normally appointed annually. In 1725-6 £59 18 s. 4 d. was disbursed, in 1760-1 £67 12 s. 10 d., although in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… tenants of the former Grey manor paid suit to Hardwick's courts, 89 which until the 1580s nominated a separate … until inclosure in 1853, tenants of Wadham College's Yelford estate, descended from the Grey manor, were still attending Hardwick's courts. 92 Mid 16th- century courts held nominally for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 13. 4.; net income, 317; patron and incumbent, the Rev. E. S. Bunting. The church is an ancient structure, and contains … afterwards proclaimed by the parliament a traitor and a felon. On May 27th, 1642, the king issued a proclamation, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… and then the city defences, following the circuit S.W. of the Ouse from Skeldergate Bridge, to Lendal Bridge, … places was filled with water, still remain on the N.E. and S.W. sides. Roman defences of the legionary fortress on the … to the marshy banks of the two rivers. A palace in King's Court possibly included remains of the S.E. gate of the …